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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1957

Page

2

Peniel EUB Plans New Church Building

POINT PILLEASANT The Rev Forest Murray pastor of the Peniel EUB Church and members plan to build a new church to replace the old church which burned April Anyone who would like to contribute may see Marcus Weaver Harold Lewis Rupert Rice Jimmy Lewis Paul Rickard or other listed men in Letart Route 2 Point Pleasant New Haven West Columbia and Letart Route 2.

Point Pilleasant Forest Murray Peniel Eub Marcus Weaver Letart Harold Lewis West Columbia Rupert Rice Jimmy Lewis Point Pleasant Paul Rickard New Haven

Pt Pleasant DAR to Meet in Mansion House Friday Afternoon

The Col Charles Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Friday at 3 p.m. in the Mansion House Tu Endie Wei Park. Mrs Chester A Roush vice regent and Mrs D N Gonners a delegate to the Continental Congress in Washington will report. Joe Johnson a senior at Point Pleasant High School will present an oration. Hostesses listed include Mrs Lloyd Roush and others.

Col. Charles Lewis The Daughters of the American Revolution Mansion House Tu- Endie-Wei Park Chester A. Roush D. N. Gonners Continental Congress Washington Joe Johnson Point Pleasant High School Lloyd Roush W. R. Proffitt Donald Smith Hugo

Births Listed for William Alford and Carl Wray Families

Birth notices record a son born to Mr and Mrs William Alford of Pliny on April 29 and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Carl Wray of Apple Grove on April 29. The notes reference Franklin and Gallipolis in Ohio.

William Alford Pliny Carl Wray Apple Grove

Local Names Linked in Partnership Notice

Glen C Harrah aged 22 of New Haven with Vernon W and Jocia Harrah and Doris Litton daughter of Floyd C Faulkner of New Haven join Dana Clayton Durst 23 of Sand Hill Road with Mazie Flowers Durst and Ruth Pearl Stevenson 22 of Point Pleasant daughter of Joseph Newman and Edna Griffith Stevenson in a records listing.

Glen C. Harrah New Haven Vernon W Jocia Dosier Harrah Doris Litton Floyd C Katie Faulkner Dana Clayton Durst Dana A Mazie Flowers Durst Sand Hill Road Ruth Pearl Stevenson Joseph Newman Edna Griffith Stevenson Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant Seniors To Hear Baccalaureate Sunday

In Point Pleasant the baccalaureate sermon is set for 8 p.m. Sunday in the senior high auditorium. Rev. Jerome D. Rodgers of Christ Church Episcopal will deliver the sermon. The invocation and closing prayer will be by Rev. Roy McCoy of Heights EUB, with scripture read by Rev. Alvin C. Young. About 160 students graduate. High school chorus conducted by Mrs. Marcelline Buell will perform several numbers.

Point Pleasant Jerome D. Rodgers Christ Church Episcopal Roy McCoy the Heights Eub Church Alvin C. Young Marcelline Buell

Light plane lands on truck in fog near Cabool

Two Wichita men tried to land on U S 60 in heavy fog and set their light plane down on a rolling truck. Pilot William Keaton, 21, and passenger Ray Lee Strickland escaped injury as the plane bounced off the truck and was demolished in a ditch.

Cabool U.S. 60 Wichita Kan William Keaton Ray Lee Strickland

Watson Sent To State Penitentiary On Parole Violation

Charles Watson was taken to the State Penitentiary at Moundsville Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Mark Harshbarger after violating parole.

Point Pleasant Charles Watson Moundsville Mark Harshbarger Watson

Red Cross Bloodmobile Nets 132 Pints of Blood

The Mason County Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 132 pints at the Heights EUB Church in Point Pleasant on Monday. Sponsored by the Women's Society of World Service, the event benefited from doctors Dr. Dan Glassman Dr. Carl Thompson Dr. Mildred Bateman and Dr. Anna Jones. Nurses and aides named included Bertha Condee Bertha Harmon Paul Stout Carl Lynch and Walter Rhoades among others. Milk from Broughton Dairy and transport from Jackson Cab Co supported the drive. the original quota was 125 pints.

Point Pleasant Mason County Red Cross the Heights Eub Church Women’s Society of World Service Dan Glassman Carl Thompson Mildred Bateman Anna Jones Lakin Hospital Bertha Condee Bertha Harmon Paul Stout Carl Lynch Walter Rhoades Fred P. Schroeder W. Skidmore William McDaniel Anna Waugh A. O. Smith T. L. Morrison Mac Sayre Mary Bryant Roy McCoy Hale Blessing Charles Mus Hale Stewart J. A. Ferrell Broughton Dairy Jackson Cab Co

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